Now what do you do?

When you've been gone for more than a thousand years, you have a lot to catch up on. You may even owe a ton of apologies. Heroes old and new must deal with the consequences of their choices, each in their own ways.

And before they settle down in the new realm, the Pillars will become acquainted with the Spirit of Chaos himself.

Tirek is imprisoned once more. Left for eternal imprisonment, to rot for his cruel deeds committed during his brief escape. Now Tirek can only dream of what may have been had he succeeded. With an eternity to think over his actions, he is surprised when he is subjected to a visit from a being he had long thought had forgotten him.

Edited by: jeray2000

*Just something I wrote during a day I had no internet. Kind of came out of nothing really. I just wanted to do another villain story. Hope you enjoy!

A thousand years ago, after learning the magic of friendship, Scorpan betrayed his evil brother, Lord Tirek, to protect his new found friends and to keep peace across the land of Equestria. To protect the innocent, make new friends, and imprison his brother...would become Scorpan's biggest mistake.

He now rules his kingdom and has brought peace to all that he's been associated too. But as the lives of his old friends pass on and his actions become old and forgotten stories, one thing still lingers on his mind: How much he misses his brother. it's a pain that only he can understand. Because of this, he no longer knows if he made the right choice all those years ago.

This story is a sequel to Donut Nights 2: A Heartfelt Hearthswarming

Over ten months ago, Luna and Donut Joe confessed their feelings to each other on Hearthswarming Eve and embarked upon a beautiful courtship. Now it's Nightmare Night, and Luna and Joe are one of the most admired couples in all of Equestria. Indeed, their emotions have blossomed completely from a simple crush all the way to...a confession each of them is prepared to make tonight. Still though, they worry about where the future will lead and if they will be able to manage all of the challenges it can hold.

Fortunately, Joe and Luna's relationship-building skills are always fresh thanks to the amount of effort they have to put in on Discord and Celestia who are still just friends despite how ridiculously close they've gotten (). Clearly they need some advice from a seasoned couple (and perhaps Celestia and Discord can help teach Luna and Joe something along the way).

It's an evening of absolute relationship madness, so come one, come all, to the First Annual Nightmare Night Ball!

Sequel:
Donut Nights 4: Hearts and Hooves Day Redux

This story is a sequel to Discord Teaches Philosophy

Warning: The following is currently unedited and contains a significant amount of Philosophy.

After deciding on taking up the role of a Substitute and finding out that the main Philosophy teacher is boring his students, Discord decides to step in to take up the responsibility of teaching. And he will do it by teaching it in plain Equestrian, in a way that these young students would understand. As well as in his own unique way.

Lesson Plan (in no particular order):

Socrates: His Method and How We Ought to Live ✅

Plato: Allegory of the Cave ✅

Marcus Aurelius: How Stoicism Deals with Hardships ✅

Confucius: Who is Ruling Whom? ✅

Kintsugi: The Art of Imperfection ✅

Machiavelli: In Defense of the Prince ✅

Montaigne: Usefulness of Humility ✅

Rousseau: Of Savages and Civilization ✅

Kierkegaard: Subjectivity and Truth ✅

Nietzsche: Of Suffering and Happiness ✅

Twilight has a special gift/curse that she really wishes she didn't have. What is this ability? Well, she can hear buildings talk, and boy are they ever chatty. Obviously, this drives the Princess a little nutty.

Now with a reading, huzza!

This story is a sequel to Donut Nights

*Set during or after season 5*

It's the Hearthswarming Eve after that last fateful Hearts and Hooves Day night when Princess Luna visited Canterlot's best donut shop for a snack and discovered a special connection with the baker Donut Joe. Yet, despite months of visits (and flirting), their relationship still continues not to progress beyond the friendly to the amorous (though both ponies secretly wish it would!).

Finally though, just as it seems the couple is making some progress, who should walk into the donut shop but...

...Princess Celestia, of all ponies!

Yes, Princess Celestia enters, and she has an urgent (Discord-related) request of her sister. The situation quickly escalates into a princess fight, passionate confrontations, and shenanigans galore!

Beautiful cover art used with permission from lovelyneckbeard

Beautiful ending art done for this story by Stepanda

Sequel:
Donut Nights 3: Nightmare Night Canoodling

FEATURED!

"June, honey, be a dear--reschedule Luna and K.K. That's what I call Princess Celestia--what a hoot!"

K.K....K.K...K.K...

Ever since hearing this little tidbit from Spike, Princess Celestia has been wondering just why in the world Discord would call her K.K.? She could understand a pun about the sun or an insult using her actual name or even a mocking version of her royal title, but K.K.? What does the nickname mean?

Finally, Celestia decides to just ask Discord. Discord, however, realizing how curious she is, offers to tell her only in exchange for a little favor. After strong negotiations, Celestia agrees to his terms and finally founds out what K.K. means...and the answer makes her realize many things about her relationship with the chaos master and the magic of friendship.

Chrysalis has come up with a foolproof plan to take over Equestria, by creating evil versions of her greatest adversaries! The only problem is, Discord already did it... and he's about to tell her so. Based on the latest episode 'The Mean Six'.

Spoilers, of course.

Featured from June 10-11. A certifiable fact.

The night that Cadance discovered the ghost of King Sombra lurking in the Crystal Palace should have been the worst of her life. Her greatest enemy is now lingering in her own home... and she knows that she's going to get to the bottom of this.

There hasn't been anything going on in the palace for a long time, and the tyrant's ghost will only prove to be a problem... won't it?

Reccomended by PresentPerfect in his spoiler-filled review! There is a reading by Lotus Moon for the pre-EQD version! An entry for Jake The Army Guy's Horse Words Extravaganza, where it ended up being an honorable mention. Now has a spoiler-filled review from the Reviewer's Cafe that you can read here! Also featured on Equestria Daily! Selected as one of 40+ stories to read for 2019 Shiny + Cadance day on Equestria Daily!